strategy game

When players sit down to play a Firaxis title, they know what they’re going to get: deep strategy, historical knowledge and maybe — if they’re on the right game — aliens. Sitting down with the developer’s latest title on iPad, I was expecting something along those lines but seeing cartoon werewolves, witches and ghosts terrorize a town was out of left field.

But it seems as though the team is trying to reach a different audience with Haunted Hollow. It may sound dark, but the iPad game has a kid-friendly Plants vs Zombies vibe. It’s set up as an asynchronous turn-based game, where players have dueling haunted houses that spawn monsters. Those creatures descend on the unsuspecting populace scaring the bejeebers out of them.

I’m not a huge Total War: Shogun 2 fan. I know of the series and I have acquaintances who swear by the strategy game. This is heads-up for them. The Saints and Heroes unit pack is available for download today. It introduces nine elite units that can be used in the single player and multiplayer modes. Here is what Sega has to say:

Batter the enemy into submission with the war-clubs of Tadakatsu’s Tetsubo Warriors. Perform devastating flank attacks with The Spears of Shizugatake, spear-wielding cavalrymen of the first order. Or strike fear into the hearts of your opponents with Hanzo’s Shadows, elite Ninja who are unparalleled in the use of stealth, and trained to scale castle walls at lightning speed.